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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Monday,June 17,2019 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Curtis stated the City does inspect the roads prior to development project construction as a standard <br /> routine and the City's consulting engineer performs a video walkthrough of the public roads.The City <br /> also holds the public hearing tonight to allow for public comments. There has been a comment received <br /> from an interested neighbor and it is probably in the builder's best interest to do the photo documentation, <br /> especially given the other project on Fox Street. <br /> Libby stated he wants to be responsive to the concern raised by the neighbor and that he does not want to <br /> be insensitive to either the builder or the resident. <br /> Ressler noted the Planning Commission cannot rule based on what might happen to the road and that that <br /> condition can be included in the motion. <br /> Bollis asked if there is a public easement over the private section of roadway. <br /> Barnhart stated Staff would assume there is a public easement. <br /> Doepke asked if that illustrated portion of Fox Road is the section of private road. <br /> Curtis indicated it is. <br /> Barnhart stated the City has control over how they maintain public roads, but the City does not have <br /> control over maintenance of private roads. <br /> Libby stated he reads the public comment as they are objecting to the deterioration of the private road. <br /> That resident should know who pays for and maintains that section of road. <br /> Doepke questioned whether it is reasonable to assume that every resident on the road read the letter. <br /> Doepke asked to what extent the Planning Commission can approve this without conditioning it <br /> somehow. <br /> Barnhart stated the City received a comment and some commissioners have expressed concern about the <br /> road. It would be appropriate to include a condition the Planning Commission feels addresses that <br /> concern as a recommendation, and how the City Council chooses to deal with it will come next. <br /> Thiesse recommended the application be approved and that L. Cramer is a very reputable builder in the <br /> City. The other homes have used the road to build their homes and that this builder should be entitled to <br /> do the same. <br /> Ressler stated he agrees and that the neighbors will still have an opportunity to be heard at the public <br /> hearing at the City Council meeting. <br /> Barnhart noted the Planning Commission formally has the public hearing, and that while the City Council <br /> does allow public comments on applications,they do not necessarily hold a public hearing. <br /> Thiesse stated the City Council will have the same information as the Planning Commission. <br /> Ressler indicated he is okay with the application without any sort of amendments or modifications. <br /> Page 19 of 24 <br />